http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&category=90 Ok so i haven't posted anything new in a while only due to sheer idle and laziness ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=846 Battle For Skull Pass, The Beginning ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=457 Well i've finally completed another regiment of night goblins ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=459 Well i finally decided to start on another character and as always i spend alot longer on a character model than a normal soldier ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=462 Well here is the completed dwarf thane, i was a little bit skeptical about using red on the dragon parts of his helm but they work well to pick out the model and they match his cloak nicely so yay looks good to me ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=471 Well after 1 day of being lazy and just watching some anime (Heroic Age - very cool series with lots of fighting and big mecha) i managed to spark up some motivation to paint the dwarf miners i have, eventually completing one and about 70% done on a second ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=481 Well after completing the 2nd miner and my standard bearer, which took me ages btw ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=485 Well after a long break from painting and finding a job i finally found time and motivation to finish the dwarf miners and i even finished a unit of 20 night goblin archers ! Overall im happy with both units, the dwarves especially ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=783 http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&category=91 Well as a test of my blending skills and some other random musings with my brush i decided to stop from my rank and file painting of dwarves and goblins to just paint a model i had lying around ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=458 Well as a break from all my army building and lack of motivation for rank and file painting i decided to just paint a thousand sons marine using NMM technique ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=782 Well after a long long time of not painting anything to do with my 40k i finally got remotivated by a good friend of mine starting painting again ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=914 So i thought i post up some pics of my space wolf army, i painted them about 2-3 years ago now and they're in pretty good condition altho i will be repainting some, tidy up the paint job and give them more detail :) Well my army consists of:3 dreadnoughts1 (15man) bloodclaw pack - 1 isnt painted4 (6man) grey hunterpacks - 1 pack isnt painted1 (5man) longfang pack - 2 arent painted 1 (11 man) terminators - 6 arent paintedwhich is alot of models but im awaiting the new space wolf codex which should hopefully be released in 2009 sometime ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=943 Ok so here is the first part of the monsters in my nidzilla army, i was testing different combos if colour on some rippers but settled for a red flesh with black carapace with purple highlights ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=955 Ok day 2 of painting my first carnifex, the carapace today ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=956 Ok so i finally finished my first carnifex, overall im very happy with how he looks i think i could have blended some areas a bit better and been a bit neater in areas too, but for now im going to leave it at that as im a bit tired ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=960 Ok, so i spent a few days converting, cleaning and removing the mold lines and putting together 2 fexes for this monster army ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=968 Well i've been busy this week painting up my charging fex and trying out a slightly different technique in the purple carapace ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=974 Looking back at my first army when i restarted collecting minis about 3-4 years ago i started with a nightlords chaos army, however, since my painting is getting better and my chance to play games has dropped i thought this would be a good time to divide my army into two and form separate armies of world eaters and thousand sons ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=980 So i managed to do most of the red highlights, i didn't want them to be too strong but im thinking i might have to add a bit more of a contrasting colour although i am very happy with it all ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=983 Ok, so i managed to get alot more done on my khorne beserker ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=986 Ok so after a tiring day i sat down and powered through my lack of picturing the model in its finished state so i knew where to paint ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=988 Alright i started work on a second beserker ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=999 I finally managed to finish my second beserker with smoother and better nmm imo ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1002 Ok so as a kind of commission piece for my friend i started painting his honour guard for his ultrasmurfs ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1004 http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&category=92 Ok since im still thinking about this OSL on my defiler, i decided to move onto another model ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=868 Right i repainted all the grey areas, i think its looking alot better ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=866 Ok i've had a long day and im so knackered but really happy, i passed my "interview" (or the technical term is viva) today for my PhD so yay im happy ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=865 Well today i had a bit of time this morning and decided to continue with the painting, its looking much more complete and i corrected the knee colour a bit more i think in a few more days i might actually finish the model ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=862 I hate leaving models incomplete, so i finished off the plates of amour at the side keeping it a dark colour and scheme ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=863 Well i started painting one of the models, i wanted a dark feel to the model so the main armoured plates i used a mix of darkblue and black paint to get the base colour and progressively added grey to the mix its not a subtle highlight at all but i kinda got the effect i wanted anyway ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=860 Ok so after spending an evening drilling, filing and glueing stuff and my fingers together i was able to assemble the models and remove mold lines and green stuff any of the gaps ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=857 Ok after mixing up too much green stuff to strengthen the rota blades on my dwarven gyrocopter i wanted to do some constructive with the large mound which was left over ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=852 Ok so i've been trying to finish my armies quickly so that i can start on more display type pieces and really test and learn some uber painting skills ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=847 Well i had more time to work on my Denny, so i tidied up the purple on her skirt and the skin tones ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=870 For the Cryx i finally finished off Denny but im not happy with the blades on the back of her so i will go back to her another time to make her look a bit smoother ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=878 Well been busy glueing and cleaning up my khador boxed set ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=879 A quick update i've done one leg of the slayer and the metal hydraulics under the torso area of the slayer, sorry i paint so slowly but i hope i can do more soon ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=882 Ok so i've been busy painting more today, finishing the other leg and started work on part of the torso, i need to do some more gold nmm on the back and front of the torso and then i'll start work on the arms ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=884 Another update, such a hot day but i managed to get some painting done, finished the nmm on the back vents and torso, did the bulk of the dark armour plates above the head and on the shoulders, next step is a very time consuming part where lots of gold nmm all over the armour and then move onto the arms ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=887 Ok so i've been busy again painting in my free time after a nice brisk jog in the heat last couple days ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=891 Well here is an update on my painting ... http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=935